The council rejected the application. Our historic hillsides remain protected. Thank you for staying with me.
March 11, 2019
Final supporters
We, the undersigned, object to Powys Councty Council Planning Applciation No 18/1130/FUL by Mid Wales Leisure for former Mid Wales Golf Centre site, Moat Lane, Caersws for the following reasons.
This planning application has been submitted for an ADDITIONAL 5 lodges, 100 Static vans and a series of amenity buildings which will cover the greater part of the 25-acre site.
The application is for a development in the Caersws Basin which forms between rapidly rising hillsides west of Newtown the passageway into the more rugged interior of Mid Wales. It’s an area of considerable environmental value and it is officially recognized by CADW for its historic importance.
Nearby Gellidywyll Caravan Park, established in 1989, covers 50 acres of ground with 116 static vans. Another park, Maesmawr Farm Resort has recently been established which currently has permission for 52 static/lodges and 40 touring van plots together with another recently submitted application for an additional 30 lodges.
All three sites mentioned are concentrated within an area of less 1 sq km. and should all proposed development be allowed they will house over 360 static/lodges and 40 touring plots. Visions of the rampant caravan sites on our coast spring to mind.
As we are often reminded we should all be the custodians for future generations for the preservation of our precious environment, its climate, its flora, and its wildlife. Accordingly, we must take every step to permit only those things that offer genuine sustainability. In this context, we should ask our councillors and their planners is this really the type of irreversible development that they wish to continue support in the blind hope that such schemes will create employment, growth and lucrative tourist income.
There are also other major issues with this development.
The potential to make worse the already existing flood problems in the lower valley as more and more natural ground with be lost to concrete hard standing’s, roofs and roadways causing additional rainwater runoff.
Great concern stems from the limited site access road Moat Lane, a narrow single lane carriageway which also serves Maesmawr Farm Resort where it provides both an access and a proposed emergency exit from this site. The lane is used by locals and farmers alike and is popular with walkers and cyclists throughout the year as part of National Cycle Route 81. Any increase in traffic flow will undoubtedly raise the potential for accidents.
The presence of protected wildlife has already been identified.[Great crested newts]. Still, in such an idyllic environment there are other valued wildlife such as owls and bats, and that any disturbance by increased human presence will cause potential loss of species, not least as a result of light pollution. On the subject of animals, there is great concern that unsupervised domestic pets brought onto the site may stray and cause problems with valuable local farm livestock.
Overall this application for such a large scale development brings with it a few advantages and is not supported by any evidence of sufficient need or sustainability. Added to the parallel application of an adjoining site for a further 30 lodges then the protected landscape and its historic neighbours will be lost to a “sea” of green roofs forever.
So help us take the responsibility for our future by reminding Powys County Council Planning Officers and our Councillors that we object to this application on the grounds stated above and that we ask them to refuse this application or substantially limit its size.
Your support of this petition would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Reached 250 supporters
February 7, 2019
Reached 100 supporters
February 6, 2019
February 5, 2019
We are approaching 250 signatures. Please send this link to your neighbors now to push us over the line.
188 Comments
As someone who has enjoyed B and B at Maesmawr, Mid Wales Art Centre, I am astonished that yet another caravan park is being considered. Tourists enjoy the beauty of the scenery, covering the hillside with buildings seems shortsighted.
the people who want to come and stay in mid Wales are after peace and quiet, good walking small sites. The place for such scale development is already established on the coast and many of those large sites are struggling to find tenants.
This development would be a huge 'blot on the landscape', and would be detrimental to the visual beauty of the area, which is the very reason that we visit the area. The impact on wildlife would also be detrimental.
My family own and run Gellidywyll caravan park next door and the amount of caravans in a small area isn’t sustainable, I’m a fisherman and love nature and we work hard to provide places for nature to thrive, we do believe it would affect nature in such a small area !
No affected residents were consulted. 300 caravans means thousands of tons of concrete poured into the hillsides and an extra 90.000 gallons of water daily in the Caersws flood plain affecting Newtown and Shrewsbury etc.
This development serves no benefit except to the land owner. Low paid and seasonal work, environmental & social impact on the landscape. We deserve better in Mid Powys and need you as our representatives to consider what kind of environment, work and community should be moving forward around Caersws. The Status Quo needs to change for everyones benefit and not the few. Dylan Jones
I have not got over the trauma of the flooding last year (October to March) and probably never will. This proposal could have a devastating effect on innocent people's lives.
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The council rejected the application. Our historic hillsides remain protected. Thank you for staying with me.
March 11, 2019
Final supporters
We, the undersigned, object to Powys Councty Council Planning Applciation No 18/1130/FUL by Mid Wales Leisure for former Mid Wales Golf Centre site, Moat Lane, Caersws for the following reasons.
This planning application has been submitted for an ADDITIONAL 5 lodges, 100 Static vans and a series of amenity buildings which will cover the greater part of the 25-acre site.
The application is for a development in the Caersws Basin which forms between rapidly rising hillsides west of Newtown the passageway into the more rugged interior of Mid Wales. It’s an area of considerable environmental value and it is officially recognized by CADW for its historic importance.
Nearby Gellidywyll Caravan Park, established in 1989, covers 50 acres of ground with 116 static vans. Another park, Maesmawr Farm Resort has recently been established which currently has permission for 52 static/lodges and 40 touring van plots together with another recently submitted application for an additional 30 lodges.
All three sites mentioned are concentrated within an area of less 1 sq km. and should all proposed development be allowed they will house over 360 static/lodges and 40 touring plots. Visions of the rampant caravan sites on our coast spring to mind.
As we are often reminded we should all be the custodians for future generations for the preservation of our precious environment, its climate, its flora, and its wildlife. Accordingly, we must take every step to permit only those things that offer genuine sustainability. In this context, we should ask our councillors and their planners is this really the type of irreversible development that they wish to continue support in the blind hope that such schemes will create employment, growth and lucrative tourist income.
There are also other major issues with this development.
The potential to make worse the already existing flood problems in the lower valley as more and more natural ground with be lost to concrete hard standing’s, roofs and roadways causing additional rainwater runoff.
Great concern stems from the limited site access road Moat Lane, a narrow single lane carriageway which also serves Maesmawr Farm Resort where it provides both an access and a proposed emergency exit from this site. The lane is used by locals and farmers alike and is popular with walkers and cyclists throughout the year as part of National Cycle Route 81. Any increase in traffic flow will undoubtedly raise the potential for accidents.
The presence of protected wildlife has already been identified.[Great crested newts]. Still, in such an idyllic environment there are other valued wildlife such as owls and bats, and that any disturbance by increased human presence will cause potential loss of species, not least as a result of light pollution. On the subject of animals, there is great concern that unsupervised domestic pets brought onto the site may stray and cause problems with valuable local farm livestock.
Overall this application for such a large scale development brings with it a few advantages and is not supported by any evidence of sufficient need or sustainability. Added to the parallel application of an adjoining site for a further 30 lodges then the protected landscape and its historic neighbours will be lost to a “sea” of green roofs forever.
So help us take the responsibility for our future by reminding Powys County Council Planning Officers and our Councillors that we object to this application on the grounds stated above and that we ask them to refuse this application or substantially limit its size.
Your support of this petition would be appreciated. Thank you.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
February 7, 2019
Reached 100 supporters
February 6, 2019
February 5, 2019
We are approaching 250 signatures. Please send this link to your neighbors now to push us over the line.
188 Comments
There has already been excessive planning consent given for tourism developments. An additional site of this proposed scale cannot be justified and would ruin the precious environment of the area. Once again we see economic concerns being placed ahead of the environment, who will be profiting?
As someone who has enjoyed B and B at Maesmawr, Mid Wales Art Centre, I am astonished that yet another caravan park is being considered. Tourists enjoy the beauty of the scenery, covering the hillside with buildings seems shortsighted.
the people who want to come and stay in mid Wales are after peace and quiet, good walking small sites. The place for such scale development is already established on the coast and many of those large sites are struggling to find tenants.
This development would be a huge 'blot on the landscape', and would be detrimental to the visual beauty of the area, which is the very reason that we visit the area. The impact on wildlife would also be detrimental.
My family own and run Gellidywyll caravan park next door and the amount of caravans in a small area isn’t sustainable, I’m a fisherman and love nature and we work hard to provide places for nature to thrive, we do believe it would affect nature in such a small area !
No affected residents were consulted. 300 caravans means thousands of tons of concrete poured into the hillsides and an extra 90.000 gallons of water daily in the Caersws flood plain affecting Newtown and Shrewsbury etc.
This development serves no benefit except to the land owner. Low paid and seasonal work, environmental & social impact on the landscape. We deserve better in Mid Powys and need you as our representatives to consider what kind of environment, work and community should be moving forward around Caersws. The Status Quo needs to change for everyones benefit and not the few. Dylan Jones
I have not got over the trauma of the flooding last year (October to March) and probably never will. This proposal could have a devastating effect on innocent people's lives.
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There has already been excessive planning consent given for tourism developments. An additional site of this proposed scale cannot be justified and would ruin the precious environment of the area. Once again we see economic concerns being placed ahead of the environment, who will be profiting?